Skayserfing (English
«skysurfing») - kind of extreme sport parachute with ski on performance of
various figures in free fall. Ski, resembling a snowboard, attached to the feet
of the athlete. Skayserfer from a height of about 4000 m and in a state of free
fall (in only 50 seconds, go jump) performs acrobatic figures,
"crab", "dashboard", etc. One of the main features
skayserfinga as extreme discipline is that it is a team sport . Simultaneously
with skayserferom jumping operator, which is set on a helmet camera. He takes
off his acrobatic elements performed by a partner. Judges will evaluate the
team's performance on the submitted entries. The operator is not just video
recorded skayserfera action, now the team's success depends largely on the
skill and ingenuity of the operator.
In today skayserfinge many
so-called interactive (ie, performed together) elements: for example, the
operator's shooting, lying on his back or turning around partner.
The first of these and many
other items offered in the mid-1990s, Americans Rob Harris and Joe Jennings.
Currently skayserfing is one of the most famous extreme sport disciplines.
Competition rules in
skayserfinge
Rules of the competition and
training skayserfinge among professionals and amateurs have some differences.
For example, the combination of all the professionals evaluated as a whole,
rather than individual items. Under the rules of amateur competitions
skayserfer after execution of each element to be released in its original
position, fix it, and only then continue the program.
Competition for the team must
make a certain number of hops. Some of them - the "school" part - the
free program, which is assessed according to four criteria: the complexity, the
technique and artistry of the performance, the work of the operator.
Vertical rate of descent
skayserfera 50-60 meters per second. According to one of the most famous world
skayserferov Valerie Rozov skayserfing - "the fastest of the non-technical
types of sport." It requires little physical strength is more important
for an athlete trained vestibular system and excellent possession own bodies.
Skayserfing athlete involves
full contact with the air flow, which is responsive to the slightest movement
of his. In this type of parachuting quite specific, because the board, aerodynamics,
which is markedly different from his sister or friflaya freestyle.
It is fraught with
considerable danger to the athlete, especially a beginner. For example,
skayserfingista can unleash a stream of air at such a high speed centrifuge
that in a few seconds, it can happen a brain hemorrhage. Stabilize the
situation, ie, get on the ski upright inexperienced
jump manual scam difficult and open
the parachute in the rotation is extremely dangerous to ski entangled in his
sling. The only solution is to - time to unfasten the ski. Another serious
danger - a sharp drop in the rate from one figure to another.
Those who wish to do
skayserfingom must first obtain a so-called "A" category parachutist,
giving the right of self-jumping sport parachute. The next step - the development
of a free-fall in the various tricks and stunts. Only then will begin to work
directly with the board.
Several countries have age
limits for employment skayserfingom.
Skayserfing requires constant
and rigorous training. To adequately perform in international competition, it
is necessary to make at least 1500-2000 jumps a year. (Champion among
skayserfingistov is Frenchman Eric Frade, which account for more than 15,000
jumps.)
History skayserfinga
Skayserfing, despite its
English name («sky», Sky + «surfing», surfing), one of the few extreme sports
that originated outside the United States. His birthplace is France. Founder skayserfinga - parachutist Joel Krusiani. In
1987 he made the first parachute jump on board, standing on her feet (ie, in
the classic position skayserfera). So, in the middle of the 1960s, American
Gary Petmor repeatedly jumped on a surfboard. He was doing turns and simple
tricks in a prone position, but all attempts to keep the athlete on the board
in the standing position have failed. In 1980, a few jumps with boards lying
carried paratroopers from California,
is even a special name for it: eyrserfing (from the English. «Air», air).
Krusiani was the first to make
such a jump with the board standing. He used a surfboard, which were installed
by attaching a snowboard. Follower Krusiani Laurent Bouquet, starring in the
first of kinosyuzhete skayserfinge, experimented with a skateboard and fixtures
own system. Beech developed the first attachment with cutaway (before landing
skayserfery to unfasten safety ski). Almost simultaneously with Patrick de
poles invented the "soft" attachment resembling modern fixtures for
the air board.
Another important innovation
proposed by Beech in the late 1980's, - stabilizing parachute. When athletes
begin to write their stunts on camera, skayserfing fully emerged as a sport.
In the early 1990s, he gains
huge popularity all over the world - especially in the U.S.. First American skayserfer Jerry Loftis, once mastered
a board with an air-French instructors, opens the world's first company to
manufacture boards skayserfinga "Serflayt." 1994-1995-s were a time
of unchallenged dominance in the sport skayserfinge mentioned Harris and Jennings. During this period, they have won all the competitions,
each time offering some new items. (Harris was killed in December 1995 on the
set of commercials.)
In 1992 skayserfing was
included in the third World Cup freestyle skiing as a demonstration of the
form. Soon after, the World Federation of freestyle competition develops rules
skayserfingu. The first world championship was held in skayserfingu Spain in 1993. A year later, the program is introduced
female world championship standings. Skayserfing become so popular that de
pole, Frade and several skayserferov participate in the official opening
ceremony of the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer.
In 1995 creates a
"Skaysportz International» (SSI), which has taken the lead in organizing
the competition skayserferov professionals, and included in the program
skayserfing Extreme Games (X-Games). Now these games are for skayserferov main
stage so-called Pro-Tour (Pro-Tour), the annual commercial cup competitions,
which take place in 1996. By the number of events (6-7 per year) skayserfing
ahead of all other types of skydiving, being both the most commercial of them.
Few can match the extreme discipline of skayserfingom the number taken on the
basis of their commercials.
Era experiments skayserfinge
not over. Sometimes, instead of the usual board athletes use unusual shells and
tools, such as bicycles, skis, etc. usual, jump in regions with severe climatic
conditions or trying to combine skayserfing with other extreme sports. So,
there are several cases where skayserfingisty to jump from a plane over the
Chilean Andes, after a series of tricks in the air to land on snow-capped
volcanoes and down on the boards to their feet. It is often performed together
on one ski jumping two and even three skayserferov. Attempts were made to jump
on ski without bindings: it manages to stay on a few seconds. The fundamental
technical innovation last time - the so-called winged costumes (wingsuits),
which, in addition to skayserferov, experiment and fans BASE jumping.
Skayserfing in Russia
Skayserfing - one of those kinds
of extreme sports in which Russians have achieved notable success in the
international arena. Skayserfing officially recognized by the Federation of
parachuting Russia. Since 1996, regular national championships. A year
earlier, the Russian athletes for the first time took part in the World
Championship in Germany. In 1997 the duo Valery Rozov - Alexander Krishtopa became the first
team from Russia, invited to the Extreme Games. (Alexander Krishtopa
died in April 1998 when the training jumps.) A year later, X-Games champion at
skayserfingu was the Russian-American team Valery Rozov - Birch Cliff.
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